Legal Opinion
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY v. KOCH
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 15, 2018No. S17G0654PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
303 Ga. 336
FINAL COPY S17G0654. COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY v. KOCH et al. NAHMIAS, Justice. This Court granted a writ of certiorari to determine whether the Court of Appeals in Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Koch,
339 Ga. App. 357
( 793 SE2d 564) (2016), properly articulated the legal standard for when a plaintiff’s duty to preserve evidence begins and properly applied that standard to the facts of this case. Like a defendant’s duty, a plaintiff’s duty to preserve relevant evidence in her control arises when that party actually anticipates or reasonably should anticipate litigation. Because the…
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